Personal Data
Name: Mari Soto-Torres
Gender: Non-Binary
Pronouns: They/Them, but any is acceptable
Age: 17
Birthday: November 20th
Ethnicity: Latino, Mexican-American
Nationality: American
Species: Human
Sexuality: Aromantic Pansexual
Family: Mari is the second oldest of four children, with two brothers and a sister, all of whom they get along well. Both of their parents are alive and still married.
Strengths: Fast Reaction, Social adaptability, fearlessness, charm, athleticism, acrobatics, and fighting experience.
Weaknesses: Impulsivity, competitiveness, distrust of authorities
Appearance and Style: Mari is a young athletic Latino teen, 5’7” in height with messy hair that is naturally dark. Mari’s style changes a lot depending on how they feel, often athletic and easy to move in, but sometimes they prefer to go sexy and scandalous.
Superhero Data
Supranym: Carnival
Status: Alive, Active
Metahuman Type: Mutant
Abilities: Enhanced agility, reflexes, and coordination. Has access to a pocket dimension where they can store objects they touch. Can instinctively feel anything to do with dimension, space, distance, velocity, and vectors.
Ravenhold Data
Acceptance to Ravenhold: Parole
Class: One
Power Category: Scrapper
Roommate: Sirius
Backstory
Mari grew up in a perfectly ordinary immigrant family in Miami Florida, second oldest of four children. At a young age, Mari proved to be a lot to handle for their parents; impulsive, lacking focus, and struggling with academic matters. Where Mari found a place to express themself and pour their focus was Circus arts which they took like a fish to water. Mari wasn’t particularly feminine, sometimes even pretending to be a boy at a young age which the family always took in stride, just another part of Mari’s many quirks.
When Mari’s problems began was with the stealing. It’s not that Mari was a thief, it was an impulse stronger than they could control. Mari was caught a few times stealing from friends, neighbors, and even stores which they always felt great shame after doing. However, they got caught many times, ruining friendships and soon getting into trouble with the law. After talking with a court-ordered psychiatrist they were diagnosed as a kleptomaniac.
After getting some medication and therapeutic help around age ten Mari seemed to have calmed down, but the itch to steal was always present, just weaker, and sometimes they still fell for it. It was during one of these times at age eleven that Mari’s power manifested; they’d taken a Gameboy cartridge from a display but a security guard (knowing their face) demanded they empty their pocket. In that moment of panic, Mari’s mind snapped, and space around them bent; the stolen goods disappearing into a dimensional pocket.
Mari got away with it, having no idea how, but soon it was apparent something had changed inside their mind, they were more agile, more precise, faster, and stronger even. Whatmore, Mari’s brain could now calculate the distance, trajectory, and speed of things.
Although their powers provided them with a potentially foolproof way of not getting caught, Mari still did their best not to give in to the impulse. But as Puberty came into full force their impulsiveness grew. First, it was fights, drugs, and taking dumb risks like surfing vans on the beach, anything to get that thrill. When Mari became caught in the crossfire of a superhero and gang fight, Mari had a revelation.
They went home and gathered everything they needed to make their own costume, sure they COULD have become a hero the legitimate way but that seemed like way too much bother and wait for them. So they went out as independent neutral cape, fighting villains, criminals, but also ‘fighting back’ against people Mari felt deserved it no matter what the law said; asshole rich people who through they were above the law, racist cops, corrupt corporations.
Mari became Carnival, an “Ethical Rogue” is what they fancied themselves, and for a few months, they were very successful. But Mari’s luck ran out, they were caught by villains who wanted revenge. If it hadn’t been for heroes coming in to rescue them they would’ve suffered, maybe died.
However the Heroes weren’t willing to just let them go, they’d broken so many laws even if their heart had mostly been in the right place. So they were given the chance; Attend Ravenhold on parole instead of going to Juvie hall. Mari took the deal wholeheartedly.
Misc Information
- Mari’s legal name is Maria but they prefer to shorten it.
- Mari came out as Non-Binary age 13 to their family shrugging believing it might be another phase, but so far they have been mostly supportive.
- Mari is an avid fan of circus arts, and performs with a troupe
- Mari suffers from ADHD and Kleptomania.
- Mari has an incredible sweet tooth, their favorite is their grandmother’s tres leche cake.
- Mari’s favorite school subject is Physical education, their least favorite is mathematics.
- Mari has had a variety of passing casual relationships with others.
- Mari is a lapsed Catholic, their family is not particularly pious.
- Mari had been in problem with the law before for shop lifting and fights prior to their arrest as Carnival.
- Mari’s favorite musical genre is Hip Hop
- Mari’s hair is dyed, their natural color is very dark brown bordering on black.
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